Original toot in Spanish says: “OK, so I need some alternatives to Google Maps, because I just decided seconds ago to stop using it after I got proposed a trip with a completely unnecessary detour which adds two extra minutes just because it pass by a gas station that sponsors this trip.”

  • @bandwidthcrisis
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    511 months ago

    The one big draw of Google maps for me is the real-time traffic info. I don’t think that anything else had the ability to gather the same amount of info (except maybe Apple?)

    • @w2tpmf
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      311 months ago

      Waze. Google Maps literally gathers a large part of it’s traffic real time data from Waze (which they also own).

      • @bandwidthcrisis
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        211 months ago

        Maybe, but I suspect that Waze has a small fraction of the gmaps user base, so if it has compatible traffic info, it’s because it draws on Google’s data.

        • @w2tpmf
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          211 months ago

          Google pulls from Waze, but Waze isn’t allowed to pull data from Google.